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CAPO Patron Paul McDermott with Alex Asch, 2017 CAPO Fellow

The Capital Arts Patrons’ Organisation is a volunteer non-profit organisation that has supported the ACT region’s artists for over 35 years. Since establishment in 1983, CAPO has disbursed over $2.2 million as arts fellowships and awards with support from the Canberra arts and business communities. Goods and services donated to CAPO by Canberra businesses, and outstanding artworks by Canberra’s highly collectible established and promising emerging artists are sold at the annual CAPO auction. CAPO is managed by a board of directors, who have expertise in arts and events patronage and marketing,

CAPO acknowledges direct award funding for the arts from its sponsors and also wishes to thank the business community of Canberra for its generous and ongoing support.

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CAPO has presented Francis Kenna with the Curatorial Internship Award for 2018 at the ANU School of Art & Design Grad Show. Francis will curate the CAPO Emerging Artists' Prize exhibition, to be held mid-2019.

ART WORKS #Writers #Residency is an 8 month opportunity for a writer/collective to work flexibly across the duration of the #ART #WORKS program, in partnership with @cityofadelaide. Find out more about this residency on our site
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